GUILTY CA - Matthew Muller for kidnap, rape of 30yo woman, Vallejo, 2015

[LinasK]

Matthew Muller was indicted in the Vallejo kidnapping case on Oct. 1 and was convicted in the 2015 Dublin residential burglary case.
Dublin, CA
By California Patch (Patch Staff) - June 23, 2016 6:43 pm ET

A federal judge in Sacramento today upheld a key piece of evidence that led to the arrest of Matthew Muller for the high-profile kidnapping of a Vallejo woman in 2015. U.S. District Court Judge Troy Nunley denied a motion by defense attorney Thomas Johnson to suppress evidence Dublin police collected after finding Muller's cellphone at a home he burglarized on June 5, 2015. Johnson said the warrantless search of Muller's phone was the "poisonous tree" that led to his arrest at his mother's South Lake Tahoe home on June 8 on suspicion of the kidnapping of physical therapist Denise Huskins, 30, from her Mare Island home on March 23, 2015.<snip>
Muller faces a possible term of life in prison if convicted. A trial is U.S. District Court in Sacramento is scheduled for Jan. 30, 2017. Muller pleaded no contest and was convicted in Alameda County Superior Court September 2015 to attempted robbery, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon in the Dublin residential burglary case. more at link: http://patch.com/california/dublin/...e-vallejo-kidnapping-case#email-in-article-id

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

(Haven't read this yet but wanted to post it ASAP)


COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL WHY POLICE CALLED VALLEJO KIDNAPPING A HOAX

http://abc7news.com/news/why-police-called-vallejo-kidnapping-a-hoax/1443007/

 

[LinasK]

(Haven't read this yet but wanted to post it ASAP)


COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL WHY POLICE CALLED VALLEJO KIDNAPPING A HOAX

http://abc7news.com/news/why-police-called-vallejo-kidnapping-a-hoax/1443007/

GRRRR! Their rationale was flimsy. I admit at the time I thought maybe she faked her death, but NOT because she wore sunglasses and had luggage...

 

[JerseyGirl]

New Report Validates 2015 Vallejo Kidnap Victim's Account

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...allejo-Kidnap-Victims-Account--391234201.html

 

[LinasK]

New Report Validates 2015 Vallejo Kidnap Victim's Account

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...allejo-Kidnap-Victims-Account--391234201.html

So why didn't Vallejo PD contact Huntington Beach PD back then???:banghead::banghead:

 

[jjenny]

So why didn't Vallejo PD contact Huntington Beach PD back then???:banghead::banghead:

They seem to have decided it was a hoax (or at least not a kidnapping by a stranger) even before she was found. Obviously wrongly.

 

[verbonica]

The suspected kidnapper, Matthew Muller, is expected to plead guilty tomorrow morning in a court appearance.

http://kron4.com/2016/09/28/suspect-in-vallejo-kidnapping-matthew-muller-to-enter-guilty-plea/

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

DH speaks about cyber bullying she has endured since kidnapping

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-receives-daily-accused-boyfriend-dating.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

The suspected kidnapper, Matthew Muller, is expected to plead guilty tomorrow morning in a court appearance.

http://kron4.com/2016/09/28/suspect-in-vallejo-kidnapping-matthew-muller-to-enter-guilty-plea/

Muller is scheduled to be sentenced in March.

http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/denise-huskins-accused-of-faking-kidnapping-harassed-online.html

 

[JerseyGirl]

Judge orders Vallejo police to turn over evidence in kidnapping case

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ge...lice-to-turn-over-evidence-in-kidnapping-case

According to public court documents filed Aug. 11, 2016, Kerr and Wagstaffe LLP asked the City of Vallejo to produce 89 pieces of evidence, including recordings taken during Quinn&#8217;s interrogation, all related police reports, communications between the kidnapper and the police department and all documents obtained from any Internet service providers related to the investigation.

&#8220;Defendants have produced virtually no internal emails &#8212; and no text messages &#8212; that were created during the crucial period after DH disappeared on March 23, 2015, but before Defendants called their outrageous press conference on March 25, 2015,&#8221; court documents read. &#8220;That dearth of contemporaneous electronic communications is striking, particularly in such a high profile case as DH's disappearance.&#8221;

Correspondence between the City of Vallejo and DH and Quinn&#8217;s attorneys appeared to be at a standstill for months as they attempted to discuss how many times the plaintiffs could seek dispositions from the Vallejo Police Department.

Court documents show that despite both sides meeting multiple times over the period of several months on this issue, they were unable to reach an agreement.

A judge ruled in favor of DH and Quinn&#8217;s attorney and ordered that the first deposition begin regarding Vallejo&#8217;s handling of evidence.

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ge...lice-to-turn-over-evidence-in-kidnapping-case

 

[SeesSeas]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-harvard-lawyer-gets-40-years-prison-abducting-woman-n734776

MAR 17 2017, 8:09 AM ET
Ex-Harvard Lawyer Gets 40 Years in Prison for Abducting Woman
SACRAMENTO, Calif. &#8212; A California woman who was drugged along with her boyfriend and then dragged from their home described the "hell that we have survived" in emotional testimony before her abductor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a crime so elaborate and bizarre that police initially dismissed it as a hoax.
"You treated me like an object, a toy, an animal," Denise Huskins told her kidnapper, Matthew Muller, a disbarred Harvard University-trained attorney who pleaded guilty in September. [&#8230;]

 

[JerseyGirl]

A pending defamation lawsuit against the Vallejo Police Department for its handling of the case — publicly asserting the kidnapping was a hoax, wrongly accusing and arresting Aaron Quinn as the perpetrator — is now working its way through the courts.

The family of the victims hope Muller’s sentencing will spur the Vallejo Police Department to release a substantial amount of evidence relating to the kidnapping now that the case is no longer under investigation.

So far, the department has released few documents related to its handling of the kidnapping, according to Quinn’s family.

“The whole civil case is going to take a long, long time,” said Marianne Quinn. “Right now, Aaron and Denise have some ideas for what’s next in their lives. Right now, they are going to stay where they are living and keep working.”

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/NH/20170316/NEWS/170319871

 

[JerseyGirl]

Federal judge: DH and AQ can sue Vallejo

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/NH/20170706/NEWS/170709919
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/07/06/vallejo-gone-girl-kidnapping-lawsuit-can-proceed/

A couple’s defamation and emotional distress lawsuit against Vallejo officials can proceed after a kidnapping so bizarre that police initially called it a hoax.

 

[Seattle1]

A couple who were wrongly accused of faking a kidnapping and burglary in a case which saw them mischaracterized as the real life Gone Girl have been awarded $2.5million in damages.

Denise Huskins, 32, and Aaron Quinn, 33, were at home in Vallejo, California, in March 2015 when mentally ill Harvard-educated lawyer Matthew Muller broke in, drugged them both and abducted Huskins.

For two days, he held her captive and raped her, all the while demanding a $15,000 ransom from her boyfriend.

Quinn, who had been drugged and tied up, called police after the break-in but was immediately questioned as a suspect.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Girl-hoax-win-2-5million.html#ixzz59w2XY5WQ



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ly-accused-Gone-Girl-hoax-win-2-5million.html

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Just read this thread from the beginning and wow is there a lot of ugliness a few pages earlier. Not this site's finest hour :/

Woah, I just read the whole crazy thread having only heard about this case for the first time today. Lessons to be learned, for sure, will certainly make me think twice before calling BS (as I would have done here).

Lucky they haven't sued us, too... hopefully they'll settle for lots of hat-eating instead.

 

[HMSHood]

It is on 20/20. Interesting that Matt Muller, a Harvard educated lawyer, who got disbarred who be the one who kidnapping Denise Huskins.

I wonder what drove him.

 

[Legally Bland]

This is from March, but I can't see it posted.

$2.5 Million Settlement For Couple In Bizarre Kidnapping Police Called “Gone Girl” Hoax

POSTED 5:02 PM, MARCH 16, 2018, BY CBS NEWS


http://5newsonline.com/2018/03/16/2...arre-kidnapping-police-called-gone-girl-hoax/

 

[Tssiemer]

It is on 20/20. Interesting that Matt Muller, a Harvard educated lawyer, who got disbarred who be the one who kidnapping Denise Huskins.

I wonder what drove him.

He HAD to WANT to get caught. Remember when everyone was all “this is a hoax blah blah” he sent like a manifesto (or something I don’t remember now) to the news station saying it wasn’t a hoax and he was real. Who does that?


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[Seattle1]

'I don't have words': Heartbroken 'Gone Girl' victim wrongly accused of faking her own rape and kidnapping may be cross-examined by accused attacker just days before her wedding

• Denise Huskins could face cross examination from the man who kidnapped her
• Huskins was abducted in March 2015 and allegedly raped during two-day ordeal
• 33-year-old returned safe and sound, and police said they believed it was a hoax
• Officers have since apologized and paid damages from a defamation lawsuit
• Huskins's alleged attacker, Matthew Muller, is representing himself in court
• This means he could be given the opportunity to cross-examine his victim
• Muller says he is not guilty of Huskins's rape or the assault of her fiance
• He will face court next week, just days before Huskins's wedding to Aaron Quinn

By HANNAH MOORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 20:59 EDT, 20 September 2018 | UPDATED: 00:50 EDT, 21 September 2018

A woman who was allegedly kidnapped from her San Francisco home and raped during her two days in captivity may have to face her assailant as he questions her on the stand.

In the latest indignity to face Denise Huskins, 33, her alleged attacker, Matthew Muller, will be given the opportunity to question the physical therapist in court as he is representing himself, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Kidnapping victim Denise Huskins may be cross-examined by her attacker in court | Daily Mail Online

 

[Seattle1]

Kidnap victim, first scoffed at by police, may be cross-examined by her alleged rapist
Evan Sernoffsky Sep. 19, 2018 Updated: Sep. 19, 2018 8:44 p.m.

Muller, 41, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of rape as well as kidnapping for ransom, first-degree robbery, false imprisonment and burglary. Solano County Superior Court Commissioner Robert Warshawsky has found that Muller is competent to represent himself in the case.

The defendant, a Harvard-educated but now disbarred immigration lawyer and onetime Marine, pleaded guilty in federal court last year to kidnapping Huskins and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. In another twist in the case, he filed a motion this spring on his prison typewriter in Arizona seeking to have his conviction vacated due to, among other things, failings by his attorney.
Kidnap victim, first scoffed at by police, may be cross-examined by her alleged rapist
The case began in the early-morning hours of March 23, 2015, when Muller allegedly sneaked into Quinn’s home as he and Huskins slept, tied them up and drugged them before vanishing with Huskins